Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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